Wisconsin, USA:Mad Max said:Gas Prices Skyrocket - In Wisconsin it is $2.30 a gallon. I have to search the wastelands for cheap fuel.
Murdoch said:That's half the reason I'm moving close enough to campus to walk. Nevermind the fact that I'm still in school so I wouldn't have to worry about commuting in the first place.
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I just can't wait til all the blowjobs who bought their hummers and debt-up-tp-the-eyeballls homes have to declare bankruptcy when their variable rate interest payments rise and their gas bill doubles; only to find that the Shrub they voted for oversaw a doubling of gas prices and dilution of bankruptcy laws, resulting in their indebtedness for the rest of their conservative, wife-beating lives.
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edit: we should have a special type of code to signify rants, like red letters on a white background or something
amoult said:There was an rather interesting article in <a href=http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/_/id/7203633?pageid=rs.Politics&pageregion=single1&rnd=1113166527847&has-player=unknown> Rollingstone</a> about this matter. I think that most of the things said in the article are pretty much inevitable. Well better drive around as long as it lasts
I'm not optimistic about the Southeast, either, for different reasons. I think it will be subject to substantial levels of violence as the grievances of the formerly middle class boil over and collide with the delusions of Pentecostal Christian extremism. The latent encoded behavior of Southern culture includes an outsized notion of individualism and the belief that firearms ought to be used in the defense of it. This is a poor recipe for civic cohesion.
Scrapper said:Problem is that most people in Europe have realistic access to public transportation or areas where you can bike to wherever you want. A great deal of America is still rural, meaning you pretty much have to drive ten miles or more to come into contact with civilization.
calculon00 said:Quit bitching about gas prices until you have to pay $3.41 per gallon like people in Canada do. I live in a city where you HAVE to drive if you want to get around efficently, because the public transit is a joke and my city is LA-style suburban sprawl, so don't give me the "OMG you can just take transit where you live!"
Lauren said:You know, before Americans became even more lazy then they are now, that wasn't a problem. I used to have to walk 10 miles every day to get to work in the States, its not a big deal unless you're fat and lazy. Driving was VERY nice, but walking was by no means a problem.